The Politics of Human Vulnerability to Climate Change

This book compares how the social consequences of climate change are similarly unevenly distributed within China and the USA, despite different political systems. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate justice and vulnerability, climate adaptation and environmental policy and governance.

Autorentext

Julia Teebken is a political and social scientist, and currently is a Postdoc in the Peking-Princeton Postdoctoral Program. She holds a Ph.D. degree from the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Her research focuses on the political responses and causes of (social) vulnerability to climate change. In this capacity, she researches inequality and climate change adaptation policy across different political systems.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: uneven human vulnerability to climate change 2. Vulnerability: core concepts 3. Vulnerability and adaptation lock-ins: Theoretical foundations and main analytical framework 4. Methodological approach 5. Vulnerability and adaptation governance in China and the United States 6. Regional backgrounds and contextual lock-ins 7. Protracted vulnerability 8. Accidental adaptation policy 9. Lock-ins of political epistemology across different political systems 10. Adaptation policy and transformation? 11. Conclusion